Improvement in horse-powers



v UNTED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

TITUS H. RUSSELL, OF LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIG'NOR TO HIMSELF, HENRY C. MAHURIN, OF NEV YORK CITY, AND FREDERICK A. HATCH, OF

MANCHESTER, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,056, dated August 15, 1871 antedated August 2, 1871.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'IrTUs H. RUSSELL, of Lebanon, in the county of Grafton and in the State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers 5 and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon makin g a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a horse-power, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of my horse-power. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the carriage and lower platform.

A represents the bottom platform, upon the upper face of which is a raised circular track or rail, a. Upon this rail move rollers b b, mounted upon journals formed on the ends of arms B B, which are so arranged and connected together as to form a six-armed carriage, as shown in Fig. 3. In the center of the bottom platform A is an upright journal, d, which passes through the center of the carriage B, and around which said carriage or wheel revolves. Through the bottom platform, on one side, are passed two screws, c e, for a purpose that will be presently described. On top of the carriage B, resting upon the rollers b b, is placed the circular platform C, the center journal d passing through the center thereof. This platform is bisected directly through the center and hinged together, and provided on its under side with a circular rack-bar, f, placed outside of and around the track on the under side of the platform, resting on the rollers b I). This rack-bar gears with a pinion, g, upon the end of a shaft, D, which has a pulley, E, to be connected by a belt with the machinery to be driven. On each side of the shaft D is a post, G, upon which, connecting the same, are placed three bars, h h, a suitable distance apart. It is, of course, understood that the bearings for the shaft D and the posts Gr G are placed on a bedpiece attached to the bottom platform A, which bed-piece may be disconnected from the platform, if so desired. Upon one of the posts G are placed two other bars, h1 h1, the outer ends of which are connected by an upright rod, k, said rod having still other bars, h2, upon it, and these latter bars, at their outer ends, also connected by an upright rod, 7c. The bars h1 and 11,2 turn on the post G and rod k, respectively, so that they may be turned directly over that part of the platform C above the pinion g and form a stall for the horse or horses. This sta-ll may be folded out of the way when not in use.

The advantages of my horse-power are: Less friction than in others now in use, and, consequently, greater durability. It can be applied as a portable or stationary power. It can be put under a building, entirely out of the way, when the room is needed for other machinery, adjusting it underneath the iioor, and, by the use of a trap-door, a horse may be worked in the shop where the machinery is being run. Vhen the horse or horses are ed it may be covered by the trap-door, and the power be entirely out of the way and sight. One or more horses may be used, as required. Vith one horse the power may be elevated, by the use of the screws e e in the bottom, toan angle when a horses weight will produce a larger amount of power than' in any other horse-power in use. The friction-rollers b b used in this power are so applied that there is no friction excepting in the rolling. They are made cheaper than others used in horsepowers, as they are cast complete without any iinishing whatever, being chill-hardened on face and the center hole, while other rollers used for the same purposes are run with journals, which have to be turned bearings, which costs more than the whole casting besides. The folding horse-stall is very valuable in all cases of transportation or when out of use, as it may be folded almost entirely out of the way. The power may be used or worked by young or wild and vicious horses, as it is so arranged that a horse must work when once started, and as it runs perfectly still it is calculated to obviate the frightful effect that other horse-powers have in running; and as the position is so nearly natural for a horse, and giving him also a wide track to walk upon, it will be seen that a horse can do much more work and last longer than in any other power in use. The folding platform is another valuable item in moving and setting. After adjusting the 1. The construction and arrangement of the bottom platform A with rail a and adjustingserews e e, the six-armed wheel or carriage B with rollers b b, the biseeted and hinged platform C with circular rack-bar f and the center journal d, all as herein shown and described.

2. The foldinghorse-stall, consisting of the posts G Gr, bars h h1 h2, and rods k k', constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing' I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of November,

. TITUS H. RUSSELL. Witnesses EDGAR F. HoWLANn, RODNEY M. RoDIMoN. 

